Staff Software Engineer, Detection and Response Platform at Google

Seniority in posting: Advanced

Compensation

$207,000 – $300,000/yr

Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 25, 2026

Description

Google is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Detection and Response Platform organization to lead the technical foundation of a large data ingestion and processing platform. The role focuses on reducing latency, improving service-level objectives, automating manual intervention, integrating agents, and providing technical leadership to executive engineers. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, at least 8 years of C++ or Go programming experience, and experience with large-scale distributed systems, distributed data processing, and generative AI agents or large language model applications.

Required Skills

C++
Go
Distributed systems
Data processing
Generative AI
LLM applications
Technical leadership

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: 8 years of experience programming in C++ or Go
5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing and launching software products
Experience architecting, designing, and developing large-scale distributed systems
Experience designing or deploying distributed data processing systems
Experience designing, developing, and deploying generative AI agents or large language model applications
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects
Experience building data infrastructure
Experience building AI agents
Translation Company Name: Google